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  1. #31
    EdC
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    Re: Which phone holds the best signal

    The StarTac was one of the best phones Moto made, but VZW is not
    allowed to activate them. The phone does not have the GPS capability
    and as of Aug of 2004 VZW cannot activate them. So if anyone has a
    phone that does not have the GPS capability, donate it to your local
    charity, because you cant use it on VZW.




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  2. #32
    SMS
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    Re: Which phone holds the best signal

    EdC wrote:
    > The StarTac was one of the best phones Moto made, but VZW is not
    > allowed to activate them.


    They are allowed to, but they won't.

    The carriers are required to have 95% of all handsets on their network
    as GPS capable (by 12/31/05), and they cannot activate any new digital
    handsets.

    The FCC has two weasel words in their E911 Phase II program, that are
    subject to interpretation. What does "new digital handsets" mean? Does
    it refer to "all-digital" handsets, or does it refer to any handset that
    has digital capability? Does "new" refer to used handsets?

    The 95% rule is iron-clad, so they don't want to activate any non-E911
    handsets that would lower that percentage. But there are still carriers,
    on Verizon's network, that are activating non-E911 tri-mode handsets.
    I.e. Pageplus will apparently even activate analog-only handsets, though
    this may be an error on their web site.



  3. #33
    al
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    Re: Which phone holds the best signal

    > EdC wrote:
    >> The StarTac was one of the best phones Moto made, but VZW is not
    >> allowed to activate them.


    SMS <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    > They are allowed to, but they won't.
    >


    Oh god...another Verizon CEO mind reader.

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  4. #34
    DK
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    Re: Which phone holds the best signal




    I use a tracfone nokia 1100 and the spouse uses a tmobile.
    We traveled across texas from Houston to Abilene and the tracfone won
    every time. It held the signal better and had by far the most
    coverage.







    On Fri, 19 May 2006 23:49:00 GMT, "ritter197" <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    >I tried the E815 by Moto and made calls in the State of Md. The calls would
    >fade or totally disappear to the other end.
    >Yet - I have 3 towers by Horizon within 1.2 and 3.0 miles.
    >I had to give up on Horizon and returned the phones.
    >
    >I went to Sprint and got another Samsung, this one a SPH-A580 and it works
    >fine. No dropped calls, no cutouts.
    >
    >So I am back and happy with Sprint now. As I was for 5 years before, but I
    >really wanted to give Horizon a fair try.
    >
    >Thanks for all your comments and suggestions. But I now am convinced that
    >Sprint for me is best - and I am living near some large cities.
    >
    >
    >"ritter197" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >news:sXQag.13943$Nw6.9704@trnddc03...
    >>I have a 3 yr. old cellphone, Samsung SPH-A660 with Sprint. I was thinking
    >>of maybe trying Verizon and tried their LG 5200, but cannot get most times
    >>even 2 bars at my house. I can hardly make a call or the service is not
    >>there at all, or the signal fades and completes the call. The old Samsung
    >>does work though, even with 2 bars.
    >>
    >> Is there a good basic phone either with Sprint or Verizon that will hold
    >> or capture the most signal?
    >>
    >> The is a mast 1.2 miles away from my house but I do not know whether it is
    >> Sprint or Verizon or neither.
    >>
    >>
    >>

    >





  5. #35
    SMS
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    Re: Which phone holds the best signal

    Dean wrote:
    > Yes, I can tell you for a fact that they will activate a non-GPS phone on
    > PagePlus (I have a v60i with them), but this is an anomaly I don't quite
    > understand.


    PagePlus also sells a variety of non-GPS phones. There is no legal
    prohibition on activating a non-GPS phone, though there are good reasons
    why Verizon won't do it.



  6. #36
    freecalls
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    Re: Which phone holds the best signal

    Dear Tikkun Olam, Shalom.

    Please do drop me a message to my E-mail [email protected] in order
    to send you some information that can be useful to you.
    Kind regards,

    Lehitraot
    Sam




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